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The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) has unveiled a series of new regulations designed to reduce match durations and enhance the overall efficiency of games in the upcoming Second All-Filipino Conference. These changes were announced by the league's competition director, Sherwin Malonzo, during a press conference held in Pasig City.

One of the significant alterations involves reducing technical timeouts in each set from two to one. This single technical timeout will occur after one of the teams scores 13 points and will last for one to two minutes. Additionally, teams will now have only one regular timeout and one 30-second timeout for each set, streamlining the game's pace.

Coaches will be allowed to communicate with their players during video challenges. Malonzo clarified, "Yung video challenge, it’s gonna be the same, dalawa pa rin. Dalawa per set and hanggat tama kayo sa video challenge, hindi siya mababawasan so yung next changes is pwede niyo ng kausapin yung players niyo during video challenges. Lalapit sa coach, pwede naman while doing the video challenge."

Teams will change courts only once during each game, right after the second set, with a three-minute break. Other breaks between sets will last for five minutes, optimizing the flow of the matches.

Regarding the competition format, the PVL will retain the same structure as the previous All-Filipino Conference. All 12 teams will participate in a single round-robin elimination. The top four teams will proceed to the semifinals, where they will engage in a best-of-three series to determine the finalists for the gold medal and second runner-up matches.